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    In this undated photo provided by the National Farm Medicine Center is a sample from the Farm MAPPER database showing icons representing farm animals, chemicals, power sources and other dangers on an aerial view of a farm. The organization is working with farmers and firefighters in Wisconsin to develop digital maps that firefighters can use to avoid hazards when they respond to calls on farms. (AP Photo/National Farm Medicine Center)
    In this April 1, 2013, photo provided by the National Farm Medicine Center, fire Capt. Scott Spata, left, looks at a tablet with the digital map showing hazards on a farm during a test run with other members of the Pittsville Fire Department near Pittsvile, Wis. The organization is working with farmers and firefighters in Wisconsin to develop digital maps that firefighters can use to avoid hazards when they respond to calls on farms. (AP Photo/National Farm Medicine Center)





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    • An emergency worker attends to a person on a stretcher who has just been brought out of a landslide area by helicopter on the West Side of St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A fourth-grade field trip to Lilydale Regional Park turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing at least one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      A St. Paul fire fighter removes a person from the bluffs of Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn. after a rockslide Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A fourth-grade field trip to the Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      Rescue personnel work near the scene of a rockslide that killed at least one elementary school student on a field trip to Lilydale Regional park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. The landslide swept over a group of children from Peter Hobart Elementary School in St. Louis Park, burying one to the waist and completely burying another, Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard said. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Nicole Norfleet)
      A St. Paul fire fighter hangs on a line from a helicopter as he rides with a person being evacuated from Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained unaccounted for after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, right, listens as Fire Marshall Steve Zaccard, second from left, updates the media on a rock slide at a Mississippi River park that claimed the life of one child, left two other children injured and one child still missing Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. The children were part of a fourth-grade field trip. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
      Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. One other child was killed and two others injured. Dangerous conditions along with rain prompted the search suspension. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
      An emergency worker attends to a person on a stretcher, being evacuated out of a rockslide site by helicopter, on the West Side of St. Paul, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained missing after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Scott Takushi)
      Police and fire department officials respond to the scene of a rockslide at Lilydale Regional Park Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in St Paul. Minn. Officials say one child is dead and another is unaccounted for after a gravel slide in the St. Paul park. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      An emergency worker attends to an adult male on a stretcher who has just been brought out of the rockslide area on the West Side of St. Paul, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained unaccounted after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Scott Takushi)
      Workers with shovels run to the staging area for a rescue operation underway on the West Side of St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained unaccounted after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Scott Takushi)
    • Firefighters embrace after fighting a six-alarm fire that took the life of a fellow firefighter and destroyed at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      Residents including Amy Dixon, center, watch as firefighters carry a fallen firefighter from the wreckage following a six-alarm fire at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      Firefighters salute as the body of a fallen firefighter is carried from the scene of a six-alarm fire that burned at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      A firefighter bows his head after fighting a six-alarm fire that took the life of a fellow firefighter and destroyed at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      Firefighters fight the final flames of a six-alarm fire that destroyed at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeway overnight on Monday, May 20, 2013. One firefighter was killed and two others were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      This undated handout photo provided by the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department shows Stanely A. Wilson. The veteran Dallas firefighter's body was recovered Monday, May 20, 2013 several hours after he called for help because he was trapped in a condominium complex blaze. (AP Photo/Dallas Fire Rescue Department)
    • A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows a house fire outside Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV)
      This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows a house fire outside Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013.  (AP Photo/KFOR-TV)
      A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows homes flattened outside Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV)
      A child is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)
      A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Tower Plaza Elementary School. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
      A fire burns in the Tower Plaza Addition in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/ Sue Ogrocki)
      Moore police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
      Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
      Kay James holds her cat as she sits in her driveway after her home was destroyed by the tornado that hit the area on May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger
      Oklahoma City firefighters check on the status of Gene Tripp as he sits in his rocking chair where his home once stood after being destroyed by a tornado that hit the area, Monday in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger
      A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern
      Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern
     
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    Two Indiana AHIMTs conduct a transfer of command two weeks into the Hurricane Sandy response. Indiana was able to relieve one AHIMT with another under an Emergency Management Assistance Compact agreement with New York. In total, 89 Indiana incident management team members conducted disaster operations in Long Beach, N.Y.
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    • Camp Pendleton Brush Rig 2761 ready to deploy. Photo Bob Graham
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      A United States Navy MH-60S Seahawk fills up its Bambi Bucket. Photo Bob Graham
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    • This officer’s coat shows both dye sublimation (area of the black name patch at the shoulders) and also the color change of undyed fabric (PBI) when the temperature reaches the point to stress the fabric, which occurred when the crew was trapped following a roof collapse while they were checking the second floor for an occupant. You can also see where the fabric was protected by the airpack. Photo Joel Calfee
      This photo shows an inspection access point on the turnout coat. From this point, the inner liner of the garment can be turned inside out for higher levels of inspection. Photo Joel Calfee
      These photo shows an inspection access point on the turnout coat. From this point, the inner liner of the garment can be turned inside out for higher levels of inspection. Photo Joel Calfee
      Another example of inspection access, this time on bunker pants. From this opening the inner liner can be turned inside out. Without these access points you would need to rip own the sewn edge of the liner to access the inside for inspection. Photo Joel Calfee
      Another example of inspection access, this time on bunker pants. From this opening the inner liner can be turned inside out. Without these access points you would need to rip own the sewn edge of the liner to access the inside for inspection. Photo Joel Calfee
      This turnout coat exhibits thermal damage to the inside of the outer shell and also to the moisture barrier at the shoulder of the garment. The shoulders show how brittle the moisture barrier becomes; while removing the inner liner from the coat, the moisture barrier broke open on the right shoulder. You can also the how the airpack was riding on the firefighter at the time the garment was being worn. The crew was caught by an abrupt change of fire conditions in a second-floor hallway.  Photo Joel Calfee
      This photo shows the outside of a moisture barrier; there is thermal damage of the left shoulder. You can also see other areas where the moisture barrier showing signs of thermal injury. Photo Joel Calfee
      This is an internal look of the left shoulder of the moisture barrier in the previous photo. The dark areas are where the barrier is starting to show signs of damage; the color change is due to the heat causing the delaminating of the barrier from the substrate material. Photo Joel Calfee
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      Humane Society/SPCA volunteers assemble the large animal lift (LAL) harness. Photo Bob Graham
      SDFRD flight medic Barry Links checks the cargo hook. Photo Bob Graham
      "Fury" takes to the air. Photo Bob Graham
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      Humane Society/SPCA on scene with the injured Clydesdale. Photo Bob Graham
     
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      An emergency worker attends to a person on a stretcher who has just been brought out of a landslide area by helicopter on the West Side of St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A fourth-grade field trip to Lilydale Regional Park turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing at least one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      A St. Paul fire fighter removes a person from the bluffs of Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn. after a rockslide Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A fourth-grade field trip to the Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      Rescue personnel work near the scene of a rockslide that killed at least one elementary school student on a field trip to Lilydale Regional park, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. The landslide swept over a group of children from Peter Hobart Elementary School in St. Louis Park, burying one to the waist and completely burying another, Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard said. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Nicole Norfleet)
      A St. Paul fire fighter hangs on a line from a helicopter as he rides with a person being evacuated from Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained unaccounted for after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, right, listens as Fire Marshall Steve Zaccard, second from left, updates the media on a rock slide at a Mississippi River park that claimed the life of one child, left two other children injured and one child still missing Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. The children were part of a fourth-grade field trip. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
      Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. One other child was killed and two others injured. Dangerous conditions along with rain prompted the search suspension. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
      An emergency worker attends to a person on a stretcher, being evacuated out of a rockslide site by helicopter, on the West Side of St. Paul, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained missing after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Scott Takushi)
      Police and fire department officials respond to the scene of a rockslide at Lilydale Regional Park Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in St Paul. Minn. Officials say one child is dead and another is unaccounted for after a gravel slide in the St. Paul park. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
      An emergency worker attends to an adult male on a stretcher who has just been brought out of the rockslide area on the West Side of St. Paul, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained unaccounted after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Scott Takushi)
      Workers with shovels run to the staging area for a rescue operation underway on the West Side of St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. One child on a school field trip was killed and another remained unaccounted after a gravel slide Wednesday in a St. Paul park that’s popular with children looking for fossils, authorities said. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Scott Takushi)










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    • Firefighters embrace after fighting a six-alarm fire that took the life of a fellow firefighter and destroyed at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      Residents including Amy Dixon, center, watch as firefighters carry a fallen firefighter from the wreckage following a six-alarm fire at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      Firefighters salute as the body of a fallen firefighter is carried from the scene of a six-alarm fire that burned at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      A firefighter bows his head after fighting a six-alarm fire that took the life of a fellow firefighter and destroyed at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in Dallas, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Two other firefighters were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      Firefighters fight the final flames of a six-alarm fire that destroyed at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeway overnight on Monday, May 20, 2013. One firefighter was killed and two others were injured in the blaze. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Sonya Hebert-Schwartz)
      This undated handout photo provided by the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department shows Stanely A. Wilson. The veteran Dallas firefighter's body was recovered Monday, May 20, 2013 several hours after he called for help because he was trapped in a condominium complex blaze. (AP Photo/Dallas Fire Rescue Department)
    • A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows a house fire outside Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV)
      This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows a house fire outside Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013.  (AP Photo/KFOR-TV)
      A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows homes flattened outside Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV)
      A child is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)
      A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Tower Plaza Elementary School. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
      A fire burns in the Tower Plaza Addition in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
      A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/ Sue Ogrocki)
      Moore police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
      Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
      Kay James holds her cat as she sits in her driveway after her home was destroyed by the tornado that hit the area on May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger
      Oklahoma City firefighters check on the status of Gene Tripp as he sits in his rocking chair where his home once stood after being destroyed by a tornado that hit the area, Monday in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger
      A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern
      Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013. Photo AP/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern
    • Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)
      Passengers leave the area where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)
      Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)
      Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)
      Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Denis O’Malley)
      Injured passengers are removed from the scene of a train collision, Friday, May 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)
      Emergency workers arrive at the scene of a train collision, Friday, May 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)
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    The shoring group placed several sheets of plywood around the lip of the excavation to provide edge protection. Photo courtesy Fire Chief John R. Hawkins/RCFD
    The excavation was in the driveway of a duplex under construction located at the end of a cul-de-sac in a residential neighborhood. This location made it very difficult to operate due to the limited space. In addition, the backhoe was still in place and could not be moved due to concerns of secondary collapse. Illustration courtesy Fire Chief John R. Hawkins/RCFD
    Due to temperatures reaching nearly 110 degrees F during the incident, personnel conformed to strict rotation and rehab cycles. Photo courtesy Fire Chief John R. Hawkins/RCFD
    Several rescuers descended into the pit in rotations to attempt to free the victim. But each time progress was made, the man attempted to aid in his rescue, which resulted in him becoming buried again. Photo courtesy Fire Chief John R. Hawkins/RCFD
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